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Routledge Handbook on Arab Media
Deep Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2021), 528 pp.
"This Handbook provides the first comprehensive reference book in English about the development of mass and social media in all Arab countries. Capturing the historical as well as current developments in the media scene, this collection maps the role of media in social and political movements. Contr
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Three Decades Later: The Media in South East Europe After 1989
Deep Insights
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2021), iii, 305 pp.
"The book depicts and reflects the media change by concentrating on five main topics: the development of the media market, the relationship between media and politics, the establishment of public broadcasters, the status of the journalistic profession and the role of digitalisation and the internet.
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Vibrant Information Barometer: Europe & Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2021), 219 pp.
"The 2021 Europe & Eurasia Vibrant Information Barometer (VIBE) publication stands on the shoulders of IREX’s almost 20 years of the Media Sustainability Index (MSI), which was last published in 2019. Through VIBE, IREX aims to capture a modern era where many people around the world are simultaneo
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A Year in the Life of Fiji’s Beleaguered National News Media: Insights from the 2016 State of the Media Report and Some Potential Implications of ‘Development Journalism’
Journalism, volume 22, issue 2 (2021), pp. 553-570
"This case study on the state of the media in Fiji in 2016 highlights some problems of development journalism in the practical, applied sense. The case study looks at the changing nature of journalism in post-coup Fiji, reputed to have the South Pacific’s toughest media law. The analysis is conduc
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The Barbados Information Ecosystem Assessment (IEA): How the Flow of Information Impacts Disaster Preparedness and Response
Internews (2021), 95 pp.
"Barbadians are not sufficiently prepared for natural disasters. In addition to being heavily reliant on electricity and the internet for communicating during times of crises and disasters, Barbados is in need of a mandatory building code, more resilient housing and building infrastructures, and gre
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The Media for Democracy Monitor 2021: How Leading News Media Survive Digital Transformation. Vol. 2
Göteborg: Nordicom (2021), 492 pp.
"To what extent do structures and conduct of leading news media correspond with requirements of contemporary democracies? Based on a root concept of democracy and several empirical indicators, the Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) delivers a panorama of the news media’s performance regarding freed
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Arab Media Systems
Deep Insights
Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2021), xliv, 345 pp.
"This volume provides a comparative analysis of media systems in the Arab world, based on criteria informed by the historical, political, social, and economic factors influencing a country's media. Reaching beyond classical western media system typologies, Arab Media Systems brings together contribu
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African Media Barometer: Benin 2021
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 57 pp.
"Trade unionists, human rights activists, journalists, dignitaries of endogenous religions, and even ordinary citizens feel threatened when exercising their right to freedom of expression. Generally, they fear prosecution cases against them being mounted by the authorities. Business people and entre
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African Media Barometer: Mali 2021
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 55 pp.
"[...] the exercise of freedom of expression remains relatively practised and differs from one region to the next. It is easier to exercise freedom of expression in big cities than in small towns or rural areas. Since 2012, Mali has been plagued by terrorist groups’ attacks from the north. The det
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"This policy report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities that the media are facing in Slovakia. Based on a number of interviews that took place with key Slovak media stakeholders, it finds that the Slovak media landscape is currently the freest of the Visegrad countries, despite
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The Indian Media Business: Pandemic and After
New Delhi et al.: Sage India, 5th ed. (2021), xxiii, 297 pp.
"The fifth edition [...] cuts across print, TV, film, music, radio and digital media. In the process, the book takes you through the current trends, history, business dynamics and regulation in media, and provides a glimpse into the future of each of these segments." (Back cover)
Análisis del desarrollo mediático en Uruguay: Basado en la aplicación de los indicadores de desarrollo mediático de la UNESCO
Paris; Montevideo: UNESCO (2021), 203 pp.
"Uruguay es el primer país del Cono Sur de América Latina en realizar una evaluación integral de su paisaje mediático utilizando los Indicadores de Desarrollo Mediatico (IDMs) de la UNESCO. Y, lo que es único de este ejercicio, es que todas las facultades de comunicación del país colaboraron
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Barometre des Médias Africains: Togo 2021
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 51 pp.
Report on Media Freedom in Moldova
Freedom House; USAID (2021), 11 pp.
"The media sector in Moldova is diverse. Dogged investigative reporting plays a vital role in public life. However, the legal framework governing the sector is unstable and underdeveloped. In 2020, much of the country’s political class treated the independent press with hostility, viewing journali
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Comparing Post-Socialist Media Systems: The Case of Southeast Europe
Routledge (2021), xvii, 301 pp.
"This book explains divergent media system trajectories in the countries in southeast Europe, and challenges the presumption that the common socialist experience critically influences a common outcome in media development after democratic transformations, by showing different remote and proximate co
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African Media Barometer: Zimbabwe 2020
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 50 pp.
The Politics of Impunity and the Shifting Media Landscape in Kenya
Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, volume 7, issue 1 (2021), pp. 61-78
"This article focuses on state-media relations and the shifts in the overall media landscape in Kenya. Drawing on a political economy approach to media operations in Kenya, it argues that while there are competing meanings over what constitutes "news values", "editorial independence", and "critical
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